David Pattern wrote:
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> On the subject of copyright, wasn't there a recent case brought against Google's Image Search where the judge ruled that thumbnails do not violate the copyright of the original image?
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Yes, but the facts in that case weren't quite the same as the facts in 
the hypothetical case we are talking about. It woudln't neccesarily be 
decided the same, although the defense lawyers in our hypothetical case 
would certainly cite that case.

At any event, if the publishers don't mind, it doesn't matter.

And as seeing a post from Dave reminds me, even what I know about the 
murky grey areas of this issue is only US law, I have absolutely no idea 
how it would turn out in other countries. But if the publishers don't 
mind, it won't matter.

Jonathan


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